After we have already offered you some autumn craft ideas for children, now it is your turn. In autumn you can decorate so wonderfully with the gifts of nature that you simply can't help it. So, do you need some inspiration and fall craft ideas for adults?
With acorns and chestnuts, paper or wood – the more natural, the more autumnal and this even applies to more modern versions. The material, the colors and the motifs influence the atmosphere in such a simple but effective way.
The following fall craft ideas for adults are really very easy to make, but are extremely pretty and wonderfully suitable as decoration for the home and garden. Be inspired by them and create your own variations or simply copy them – whatever you like!
Make your own autumn decorations for outside and inside – make chestnut hearts
Don't you always feel the need to pick up a chestnut as soon as you see one? Or even make a beautiful autumn decoration with her? TheAutumn crafts with natural materialsIt's also fun for adults and now you have the chance to make one of these chestnut hearts yourself. The project and decoration are very popular with craft enthusiasts and are also a great gift idea.
For the autumn decoration with chestnuts you need:
- Chestnuts
- Floral wire (or preferably something stronger wire)
- Drill, 2mm
- Wire cutters
- possibly ribbon for hanging
The do-it-yourself autumn decoration is super easy:
- Pierce the chestnuts with the drill.
- Take a piece of wire of the desired length.
- Thread the chestnuts and bend the wire a little towards the end.
- Leave a piece of the two ends of the wire free to twist together.
- Then bend the ring you received into shape again if necessary.
- Tie a nice ribbon for hanging or lean the finished heart against a wall or other decoration.
Tipp:You can also make fall garlands this way. Yarn can also be used instead of wire and the chestnuts can be combined with acorns and other autumn fruits.
Autumn bouquet made of twigs with homemade acorn pendants
An Easter bouquet at Easter, decorated fir branches in a vase at Christmas - what works for these celebrations is of course also suitable for all other times of the year. That's why an autumn bouquet made of twigs, preferably with berries and/or leaves, should not be missing on the table. And you can do thisTable decoration for autumnDecorate with natural materials, for example by making pendants or acorns.
For the instructions you need:
- whole acorns (with hats) or just the hats and wooden beads
- acrylic paints as desired
- Hot glue
- String or yarn
- possibly Edding
And this is how you make the pendants for the autumn bouquet:
- If you want to paint the acorns, start with this step. They should then be well cleaned and dry.
- Once the paint has dried, glue the hats in place.
- If you have decided on the acorn men, draw faces with a sharpie.
- Tie or glue string around the hats.
- Hang the pendants on the bouquet and you have made a simple but beautiful and modern autumn decoration yourself!
Tipp:You can also use the wooden bead as a head for the acorn man and use the acorn to create the body yourself.
Make door decorations with dried leaves – modern in blue
When it comes to autumn decorations with natural materials, the colorful leaves probably come to mind. But if you want something a little more unusual and modern, you can replace the classic earth tones and autumn colors with more atypical ones like blue orMetallic variants such as copperand replace gold. Also, let it sparkle a bit with glitter.
To make crafts with autumn leaves you will need:
- dried leaves (you can also take artificial ones)
- Spray paints in metallic blue, bronze, gold and silver
- Glitter
- gold colored bands
How to make decorations for the entrance door or window with leaves:
- Diedried leavesspray (be sure to do it outdoors) with the selected spray paints. To do this, place it on a surface (e.g. newspaper)
- While the paint is still wet, you can sprinkle it with glitter.
- Turn the leaves over and spray the other sides too.
- Allow the leaves to dry thoroughly.
- Cut gold ribbons and glue one end to the back of the leaves (one ribbon per leaf).
- Bring the other ends all together and tie a knot to make a pretty bundle of leaves.
- Hang the original autumn decoration on a door or on the window so that it can be viewed from inside and outside.
Tipp:To make the whole thing look good from all sides, you can also glue a second sheet to hide the end of the ribbon between the two layers.
Fall craft ideas for adults – Fall wreath with magnolia leaves
Speaking of metallic: How about a slightly different kind of autumn wreath? Instead of rustic, make it modern again by using the thick, glossy green leaves of the evergreen magnolia and even painting some of them gold and silver or bronze. It's that easyMake autumn decorations with leavesfrom the garden:
- Magnolia leaves
- Spray or brush paint in gold and bronze (or other metallic colors)
- cardboard
- Hot glue and scissors
This is how it's done:
- Color some of the leaves in the colors you want. It's better to make too many than too few. Let them dry.
- In the meantime, cut a ring out of the cardboard. You can do this by drawing the outlines of two different sized plates or bowls or using a compass.
- Now start gluing the leaves onto the ring.
- Start with a few green ones and stick a colored leaf here and there in between.
- Continue doing this until the cardboard ring is covered.
- Hang the finished wreath directly on a hook on a door or glue a beautiful ribbon in a loop to the back of the cardboard ring.
Design glass vases with colorful leaves or other natural materials
If you would like to make a beautiful autumn decoration with natural materials, we would also like to offer you this idea. Even beginners and people with two left hands can attempt this project and also acreate beautiful DIY gift. For fall craft ideas for adults of this type, you will need the following materials:
- Glass vases of any size and shape (simple and modern models look particularly beautiful because then the decoration comes into its own better)
- Copper wire or alternatively transparent or colored thread
- Any natural materials such as leaves or twigs, including pine cones
How to make autumn decorations with natural materials:
- First of all, wrap copper wire around the vase. Be sure to arrange the rows at different heights and overlap them several times here and there. There doesn't have to be many rows.
- Once you're done, you can start designing. Tuck twigs and/or leaves behind the wire here and there. You can use any colors you like. For example, a monochrome model made of only yellow leaves is suitable, but it can also be colorful.
- You can first attach wire to pine cones and then tie them to the vase. Small cones look particularly pretty here.
Minimalist wreath for the wall
With dried leaves and simple wire you can create such a beautiful,modern wall wreathproduce. You don't need to press the leaves in advance. It's enough if you use them the way you found them. But try to take leaves that are not contaminated with sand and earth.
You need the following materials:
- any leaves
- thicker wire for the ring
- thinner wire to attach the leaves
- Kneifzange
- Wire cutters
How to make your own fall decorations:
- Take wire and wind it into a ring in several rows.
- Cut the remaining wire using wire cutters.
- Using a pair of pliers, wrap the two ends around the wire ring so that it no longer winds up.
- Clip off the excess again.
- Use the thin wire to tie the leaves to one spot on the ring until you are happy with the arrangement.
You can combine different colored leaves together for a more colorful design. You can also choose a different color of wire if that would suit your interior better. For example, copper wire is very beautiful to look at, but so is bronze or brass.
Our fall craft ideas for adults are so simple that your children can also take part, but are also ideal for fall crafts for seniors. Just be sure to think about what you should prepare in advance (e.g. piercing the chestnuts). Have fun creating and creating!
Also read:Decoration ideas with dried flowers for autumn: This is how you can beautify your living space!
